During their marriage they would have ten children., When the Cherokee Indians attacked the settlements in the River valley in 1759, Daniel moved his family to the safety of Virginia. He also lived near Indians and learned their ways and how to survive in the wilderness., In 1750 when Daniel was 15 years old his family left Pennsylvania, going down through the Shenandoah, Virginia, to settle near the forks of the Yadkin River in North Carolina., The French and Indian War started in 1754, and the next year, Daniel Boone became a wagon driver during General Edward Braddock's ill-fated campaign against the French., In 1756 Daniel married 17 year old Rebecca Bryan. He learned how to hunt and became an excellent marksman at a very early age. He was the 6th of 10 children of Squire and Sarah (Morgan) Boone. by Ken Kamper, Historian Copyright © December 1999, Daniel Boone was born miles east of present Reading, in the colony of Pennsylvania, on October 22 (old Julian calendar), and November 2nd (now Gregorian calendar), 1734. A Summary Chronology of the Life of Daniel Boone.
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